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ZAGREB WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL - Croatia

ZAGREB WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL NEBO on the 2nd of October /New Ethno Basic Options; nebo also means sky in Croatian/ is the festival of the traditional, ethno, folk and local or world music. It includes international and local world music performers. Guest from the accordion world this year: Martin Lubenov

ZAGREB WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL NEBO holds the concept of building more tolerant and human society through music. Therefore, intention of the Festival is to introduce different cultures and traditional music to Croatian audience. Important part of the Nebo Festival are workshops with intention to involve audience into the creative process and widen the knowledge about various cultural & music traditions and instrument making.

ZAGREB WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL NEBO is organized by Association for the promotion of traditional music NEBO.

Scoil Cheoil na Botha music festival - Irland

This year, the traditional irish music festival Scoil Cheoil na Botha 2009 , will take place in the village of Scotstown, Co. Monaghan on the 16th-18th of October. Events will include workshops, concerts, and sessions featuring some of the finest talent in Ireland. Tutition will be available in the following instruments - fiddle, banjo, flute, harp, uilleann pipes, button accordion, piano accordion, concertina and singing.

Celtic Colours International Festival - Canada

From the 9-17th October in Cape Breton Island.Since 1997, the Celtic Colours International Festival has featured hundreds of musicians from all over the Celtic world and attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Cape Breton Island. For nine days in October, Cape Breton Island is home to a unique celebration of music and culture as the Celtic Colours International Festival presents dozens of concerts all over the island, an extensive line-up of workshops, a visual art series of exhibitions, and a nightly Festival Club. Over the years, artists have travelled from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, Brittany, Spain, Denmark, Germany, and Cuba as well as from across the United States and Canada to join the finest of Cape Breton's musicians, singers, dancers, storytellers and tradition-bearers for the annual Autumn celebration.

Renato Borghetti Womex Showcase - Denmark

Renato Borghetti has been selected for a Womex showcase performance. Womex - the world music expo is the world's main trade fair for World Music which will happen in Copenhagen, Denmark from October 28th to November 1st.

Renato Borghetti will perform for this important international audience of promoters and journalists on October 30th.

6th Annual O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat: October 23-25, 2009 - USA

A tonic for the times -- spend three relaxing days in a comfortable, scenic setting saturating yourself in traditional Irish music with a community of motivated students and gifted teachers. The 6th annual O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat will be held October 23-25, 2009 at the Hoblitzelle Camp and Conference Center in Midlothian, Texas.

Three 90-minute classes and an additional one-hour workshop will be taught each day. Classes will be offered in fiddle, flute, whistle, guitar (standard, dropped-D & DADGAD), piano, bodhran, harp, uilleann pipes, button accordion (C#/D & B/C), piano accordion, concertina, tenor banjo, bouzouki, mandolin and Gaelic singing. Enrichment classes teaching Irish music history or exploring Irish music today will also be offered. Workshops presenting music theory, use of ABCs (cyber notation), learning by ear, and basic sound system operation will be available.

The retreat will officially begin on Thursday night, October 22, with a “meet & greet” BBQ and bonfire. Classes start Friday morning and continue through Sunday late afternoon. Each evening there will be concerts by instructors and mini-concerts during meals with a “farewell” concert on Sunday evening. On the Saturday night program, there will be a “Texas Tune & Song Tussle” which features friendly competition among ensembles that form at the retreat vying for “O’Diddley Awards.” Sessions will be plentiful and organized by levels with some instructor-led and others not.

New to the 2009 Retreat will be a youth camp during the retreat for children ages 6-10 called the Kids Irish Music & Heritage Workhops. Participants will enjoy fun activities including instrument classes, storytelling, singing, history, cooking, games and more.

Patty Furlong and Mark Kenneth will be the accordion instructors. Patty, originally from Bronx, New York, plays the Irish button accordion in the key of C#/D and B/C. In her teen-age years, as a student of Martin Mulvihill, Patty won numerous New York titles as placing at the Fleadh Cheoil in Ireland in both solo and group titles.

She has played with the world renowned group "The Chieftains" as well as being an original member of "Cherish the Ladies". Patty and members of her band "Coolmagort" have performed throughout the U.S (including Alaska), Canada, Bermuda, and Ireland. Patty Furlong has won numerous New York championships as well as three All-Ireland titles, including one solo title. Patty plays the ceili circuit throughout the Tri-state New York area and concerts throughout the U.S

Mark, a born and bred Scotsman, has been learning and playing the accordion since he was 6, studying classically with the British College of Accordionists until he "found" traditional music in himself. Mark has won championships across Scotland and also taken first place at the All Scotland and All Britain level. Most recently he came in 2nd place in the US finals of the 2008 Roland International Accordion Competition.

Mark is a sought after session and recording artist, and has an unfailing ability to keep both the music lively and the topics interesting in his presentations and teachings. Mark plays in his own developed Scottish style of playing, and can convey the intricacies and technique requirements through his classical background to playing and theory.

CASTAGNOLE MONFERRATO (AT) 16-17-18 OTTOBRE 2009 - Italia

Very Be Careful: Performance Dates - USA

Very Be Careful is a homegrown vallenato band from LA. that plays Colombian traditional cumbias which centers around the accordion, backed with percussion and bass.

Its five Angelenos part ways with the music taste of most urbane thirtysomething musicians by playing a traditional form of Colombian folk music called vallenato. To the uninitiated, this music, the name of which literally translates to "born in the valley," sounds like a sun-soaked, country cousin of Colombia's popular dance music, cumbia.

Since 1997, the group has independently released six albums, each filled mostly with cover songs, that channel the sound and texture of early vallenato recordings. The group’s latest CD is called "Salad Buey".

Kepa Junkera’s Concert/Las Cruces/NM - USA

Spanish Basque accordionist Kepa Junkera, a master of the two-row diatonic button accordion, performs in the USA as follows: October 8th - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Kepa Junkera – Basque accordion master. According to the Boston Globe, “One of the most impressive world music debuts in years comes from a Basque accordionist, Kepa Junkera…Junkera is a dazzling master of the two-row diatonic button accordion.” Playing with his sextet on the mandolin, cuatro, double bass, drums, and txalaparta, Kepa’s trikitixas ". The Rocket of Seattle said “..something of a revelation...Not only a remarkable accordionist, but a true master of many styles...a tour de force..."